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unusual facts about Front Range



Colorado wine

Most of Colorado's vineyards are located on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains, though an increasing number of wineries are located along the Front Range.

Pine Junction, Colorado

Pine Junction is situated in the foothills of the Front Range south of Mount Evans, approximately 25 miles (40 km) southwest of Denver along U.S. Highway 285.


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Colorado metropolitan areas

The Front Range Urban Corridor encompasses the 13-county North Central Colorado Urban Area, the four-county South Central Colorado Urban Area, and Laramie County, Wyoming.

Denver Museum of Nature and Science

Here, visitors see views of the Front Range, from Longs Peak in the north to Pikes Peak in the south.

Geography of the United States Rocky Mountain System

West Spanish Peak (13,626 ft, 4,153 m), in the Front Range of southern Colorado, may be mentioned as an example of a deeply dissected volcano, originally of greater height, with many unusually strong radiating dike-ridges near its denuded flanks.

North Carolina Highway 108

The section from Tryon to Mill Spring closely follows the front range of the Blue Ridge Mountains.